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TheKusha-shū (倶舎宗) was one of the six schools of Buddhism introduced to Japan during theAsuka andNara periods.[1] Along with theJōjitsu-shū and theRisshū, it is a school ofNikaya Buddhism, which is sometimes derisively known toMahayana Buddhism as "theHinayana".
ASarvastivada school, Kusha-shū focused onabhidharma analysis based on the "Commentary on theAbhidharmakośabhaṣya (倶舎論)" by the fourth-centuryGandharan philosopherVasubandhu. The school takes its name from that authoritative text.[1]
Names commonly associated with the Kusha-shū areDōshō (道昭 638–700), Chitsū (智通 ?–?), Chitatsu (智達 ?–?), andGenbō (玄昉 ?–746).
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